Trying biology : the Scopes trial, textbooks, and the antievolution movement in American schools /

"In Trying Biology, Adam R. Shapiro convincingly dispels many conventional assumptions about the 1925 Scopes "monkey" trial. Most view it as an event driven primarily by a conflict between science and religion. Countering this, Shapiro shows the importance of timing: the Scopes trial...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shapiro, Adam R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Temas:
Scopes, John Thomas > Trials, litigation, etc.
Scopes, John Thomas
Evolution (Biology) > Study and teaching > United States > History.
Biology > United States > Textbooks > History.
Biology publishing > United States > History.
Religion and science > United States > History.
Religion et sciences > États-Unis > Histoire.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Biology publishing
Evolution (Biology) > Study and teaching
Religion and science
United States
History
Trials, litigation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Beyond science and religion: the Scopes trial in historical context
  • The textbook trust and state adoption
  • Textbooks and their makers: authors, editors, salesmen, and readers
  • Civic biology and the origins of the antievolution movement
  • How Scopes was framed
  • The evolution of the new civic biology
  • Biology textbooks in an era of science and religion
  • Losing the word: measuring the impact of Scopes.

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